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4 out of 5 stars

My retirement Sports Car

Norberto Quiroz, 05/11/2019
2013 BMW X3 xDrive35i 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Thats right, retirement sports car. After owning a few Bmrs (9) including the 2004 Z4, I found a CPO 2013 X3 35i in Artic White on White M Sport. Its sport handling combined with the In Line Turbo 6 gets me out of trouble in no time. And I drive in Florida! Have had some issues with the car, but then having owned the 335i has taught me to stay address stuff fast. Its fast, its aggressive, its versatile, and cleans up well for those blue plate special dates.

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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Very Disappointed

SKM, 08/29/2018
2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I get more warning messages on the dashboard than the number of text messages I get on my cellphone. I purchased it as a CPO with 17k miles and currently is at 58k after 3 years of owning. I would have taken to dealership at least once every month for some electronic component or sensor failure. Luckily all those were covered under warranty. My extended warranty expires in a month and worried how much I would end up paying afterwards. I understand the parts are expensive, but why they are not reliable. I have a Toyota as second car and it has about 100k miles, other than the regular oil change I have not spent a penny for any other maintenance or repair. Many times I would receive a message as 'Transmission malfunction', and no gear would be engaged. Dealer says software problem, they have even completely reset the software on the car and still had the same problem for number of times. I invested on this car hoping to use it for at least till touches 200k, but will it is a million dollar question.

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Engine Clatter

LuAnn, 10/13/2017
2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Bought for my daughter to take to grad school. In shop in Denver several times for engine clatter. Always told noise was normal and dealer never put on customer list for repair. I even called Denver dealer myself and complained. Told normal every time. Over 3 1/2 years noise increased. Now car won't start and noise now sounds like an old diesel truck engine! I understand having trouble with a car but do NOT understand dealers protecting the BMW name by not completing what would be a very expensive repair while under warranty. Do NOT buy BMW products. Get over the looks and demand service.

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3.75 out of 5 stars

Reliability , reliability , reliability .....

mo78, 07/17/2013
2013 BMW X3 xDrive35i 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
14 of 17 people found this review helpful

It's shocking that BMW can't make reliable car for the money they charge. This wk will be my fourth visit to the dealership for drivers restraint malfunction . They don't seem to know whats going on with this car . I have seen similar reliability reviews and I just wonder in the engineers at BMW read them !!!!!!! It's also statistically higher than other competitors or Japanese cars.

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1 out of 5 stars

Issues all the time after 75,000 miles

Ella, 01/26/2020
2013 BMW X3 xDrive35i 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
13 of 16 people found this review helpful

This car would work fine 5-6 years into it, but once it has reached 75K miles, it started to break. Every 4 months, we have an issue and fixing it is at least $600 each time. Don't buy!

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